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* A lot of the fun in ''Series/{{Taskmaster}}'' comes from Creator/AlexHorne, the resident ButtMonkey and BeleagueredAssistant to Creator/GregDavies. While he's not ''entirely'' stone-faced and actually does grin and laugh quite a bit during the on-stage segments, he tends to react this way during the tasks. Whatever ludicrous thing the contestant is forced to do, and their [[RulesLawyer inane interpretations of the wording of the task]], he tends to stand by and watch with scorn, bemusement, or completely expressionless, following their requests to the letter and answering their questions with [[MathematiciansAnswer matter-of-fact straightforward honesty]].
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* ''Series/{{Taskmaster}}'':
** A lot of the funin ''Series/{{Taskmaster}}'' series-wide comes from Creator/AlexHorne, the resident ButtMonkey and BeleagueredAssistant to Creator/GregDavies. While he's not ''entirely'' stone-faced and actually does grin and laugh quite a bit during the on-stage segments, he tends to react this way during the tasks. Whatever ludicrous thing the contestant is forced to do, and their [[RulesLawyer inane interpretations of the wording of the task]], he tends to stand by and watch with scorn, bemusement, or completely expressionless, following their requests to the letter and answering their questions with [[MathematiciansAnswer matter-of-fact straightforward honesty]].honesty]].
** David Baddiel snuggled nicely into this role in Series 9. Like Alex he's certainly not entirely stone-faced, but he has a habit of saying and doing utterly ridiculous things while keeping an entirely straight-face. Time and time again he utterly ''destroys'' the crowd, the other contestants, and Greg and Alex alike by simply asking a mind-numbingly dumb question with absolute innocent conviction.
---> '''Alex:''' ...and you've got to draw the second-longest snake on your roll of toilet paper--
---> '''David:''' In the ''world''?
---> (Everyone except Alex loses it while he looks around in confusion)
---> '''Alex:''' [[BluntNo No. No.]]
** A lot of the fun
** David Baddiel snuggled nicely into this role in Series 9. Like Alex he's certainly not entirely stone-faced, but he has a habit of saying and doing utterly ridiculous things while keeping an entirely straight-face. Time and time again he utterly ''destroys'' the crowd, the other contestants, and Greg and Alex alike by simply asking a mind-numbingly dumb question with absolute innocent conviction.
---> '''Alex:''' ...and you've got to draw the second-longest snake on your roll of toilet paper--
---> '''David:''' In the ''world''?
---> (Everyone except Alex loses it while he looks around in confusion)
---> '''Alex:''' [[BluntNo No. No.]]
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* Tien in ''WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged. As he says in ''Dragon Ball Z Kai Abridged'' Episode 1:
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* Tien in ''WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged.''WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged''. As he says in ''Dragon Ball Z Kai Abridged'' Episode 1:
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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fax87Bs5lWg A TV commercial for the Navy Federal Credit Union]] currently making the rounds features a {{deadpan|Snarker}} [[SemperFi Marine]] who used to train IED-sniffing dogs sitting in a pickup with his wife's Shih-Tzu, who he "just adores." It's the way he says it without showing any emotion that both qualifies the ad for this trope and sells the moment.
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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fax87Bs5lWg com/watch?v=V0_cHCHruUg A TV commercial for the Navy Federal Credit Union]] currently making the rounds features a {{deadpan|Snarker}} [[SemperFi Marine]] who used to train IED-sniffing dogs sitting in a pickup with his wife's Shih-Tzu, Pomeranian, who he "just adores." It's the way he says it without showing any emotion that both qualifies the ad for this trope and sells the moment.
